Speaker
Danielle Phaneuf
Technology Excellence Lead, Principal
PwC US
Danielle Phaneuf is an accomplished technology strategy executive with close to 30 years of experience guiding senior leaders through transformative change. As the leader of PwC’s CIO Program, she partners closely with CIOs and other C-suite executives to drive organizational performance through innovative operating model transformations, strategic workforce development, organizational design, and operational excellence. Danielle is passionate about shaping the future people agenda, consistently advocating for forward-thinking talent strategies and cultivating high-performing, agile teams.
Upcoming and recent events
CIO 100 Leadership Live Los Angeles
Evolving from AI-enabled IT to the Intelligent Enterprise
Thursday, April 16, 2026
10:50 - 11:10 am
AI is redefining IT, but many organizations struggle to move beyond pilots to delivering real outcomes at scale. This session shares a practical path to building the strategy and operating model required for true transformation. Starting with your most critical pain points and highest-value workflows, then scaling adoption across IT…
2026 CIO 100 Conference & Awards
Location: Princess Ballroom
Your Next Hire Might Be an Agent: Redefining the IT Workforce
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
11:30 - 12:00pm
As agentic AI moves from pilot to production, CIOs are being called to do more than upgrade systems—they’re rethinking how people, processes, and autonomous agents work together. This session explores how AI is reshaping IT workflows, team structures, and decision-making, and how leaders are designing operating models where human ingenuity…
Women in IT Luncheon on Leading in the Age of AI: How Women Tech Executives are Redefining the Future
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
12:05 - 1:30pm
Join us for a candid, peer-led conversation over lunch with senior women in technology as we explore the leadership journeys, challenges, and opportunities that AI has introduced into your organization—and how they’re reshaping our role in the enterprise. We’ll focus on your evolving role in the C-suite today: the pace…